SUSE-SU-2013:0669-1: Security update for systemtap

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for systemtap
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:0669-1
Rating:             low
References:         #748564 #796574 #800335 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-0875
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This collective update for systemtap provides the following
   fixes:

   * Change how systemtap looks for tracepoint header
   files. (bnc#796574)
   * Systemtap manually loads libebl backends. Add libebl1
   dependency. (bnc#800335)
   * Fix kernel panic when processing malformed DWARF
   unwind data. (bnc#748564, CVE-2012-0875)

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2012-0875
   <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0875
   >


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-systemtap-7444

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-systemtap-7444

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      systemtap-1.5-0.9.1
      systemtap-server-1.5-0.9.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      systemtap-1.5-0.9.1
      systemtap-server-1.5-0.9.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0875.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/748564
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/796574
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/800335
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=da58c88a9d2d5da2cf356729b896548f